May 2 – 8 is Mental Health Week, a good time to talk about Mental Health in the Workplace. Kerri Davies, Manager of Development at the Canadian Mental Health Association, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge shared the following information as part of a Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce post: In 2013, the Mental Health Commission of

Dr. Bill Howatt thinks so. I had an opportunity to hear Dr. Howatt’s presentation called ‘The Coping Crisis: Building Psychologically Safe Workplaces’ at the Tema Conter Conference on Mental Health held earlier this year. He is the Chief Researcher and Development Officer for Workforce Productivity at Morneau Shepell, with more than 25 years of experience in

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A conversation can change your world. Bell Canada gets the power of conversations. Bell’s 2015 Let’s Talk Campaign raised $6.1 million for mental health initiatives. In September, George Cope, Bell’s CEO (and #4 on Toronto Life’s list of Toronto’s 50 Most Influential People) announced Bell would commit another $100 million to the project over the next

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No one saw it coming. Perhaps the victim did – a Mother’s intuition. Her son struggled with mental illness. She was responsible for his care. Her screams that morning from the comfort of her home were loud enough to alert the neighbours that something was terribly wrong. When police arrived at the home in Blackstock –

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“A major challenge for health care providers throughout our careers is to conduct our relationships with patients, colleagues, ‘supervisors’, and employees in a manner that is professional, sensitive, perceptive, confident and authentic. Especially with regard to patients, our conduct must be characterized by compassion and respect.” Beverley Kane, M.D., Stanford Medical School — Medicine and Horsemanship

Do you volunteer in your community? Have you ever considered the positive impact you might have on others when you offer up the gift of service? Or the intangible benefits that giving back creates for you personally or professionally? Community involvement through volunteering is a wonderful opportunity to connect to possibilities not always available through